17 September 2019 — The New Dark Age
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‘Alternative Arrangements’ to the Backstop Won’t Work, and the Government Is Beginning to Realise It
Tag: brexit
Boris Johnson gets short shrift from European Union leaders in Brexit talks By Richard Tyler
17 September 2019 — WSWS
Boris Johnson’s first visit to meet senior European Union (EU) figures since he took power in July ended with the UK prime minister sent packing without receiving any concessions on Brexit.
Brexit/Bojo News Links 16 September 2019
16 September 2019 • 22:20 — The New Dark Age
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‘World order based on empires’: EU’s Verhofstadt ridiculed online for bizarre ‘Vote Leave’ rhetoric
Boris Johnson says EU has had ‘bellyful’ of Brexit process
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49715705
As David Cameron resurfaces ‘Broken Britain’ disintegrates
16 September 2019 — True Publica
By TruePublica: David Cameron has no shame whatsoever. He has, cynically, come out of hiding – simply to promote his new book and make some money from an ongoing catastrophe of his making. For the last three years he hid from the political landscape he set fire to and finally pops up to say that he has ‘no regrets’. He even tried to shift the blame in an interview to publicise his book, where, according to him, Boris Johnson told him the Brexit campaign would be “crushed” during the referendum campaign. As if anyone took notice of Johnson in 2015, least of all David Cameron – a man who took no notice of senior civil servants or even the security services. But there’s more to come from his legacy of breaking Britain.
The Brexit crisis and the struggle for the unity and political independence of the working class By Thomas Scripps
16 September 2019 — WSWS
Britain’s Supreme Court will begin its hearing Tuesday into whether Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s proroguing of parliament is unlawful.
Trust and Disclosure: Are Civil Rights Being Sacrificed on the Altar of Brexit?
14 September 2019 — 21st Century Wire
By Nina Cross
On Monday evening MPs voted to force the UK government to publish all of its no-deal Brexit ‘Yellowhammer‘ documents. A majority vote of 311 to 302 was passed in favour of what is known as a “humble address” to force the government to publish all the Yellowhammer documents available to the cabinet or a cabinet committee since 23rd July, the date Boris Johnson was appointed as Prime Minister.
UK: “Operation Yellowhammer” details savage austerity and confirms plans for state repression post-Brexit By Thomas Scripps
13 September 2019 — WSWS
On Wednesday evening, Boris Johnson’s government was forced to release its forecast for a no-deal Brexit, codenamed “Operation Yellowhammer.” The six-page document affirms the social and economic catastrophe threatened by a no-deal Brexit and underscores the danger of authoritarian rule in the UK.
The Dogs in the Street Know By Craig Murray
13 September 2019 — Craig Murray
There are some very obvious facts in British politics which nobody seems to be saying.
Joanna Cherry stated in her successful court case that “the dogs in the street know” that the real reason that Boris Johnson had prorogued parliament was to prevent parliament from having an effective say on the outcome of Brexit. The documents that the government was forced to produce to the Scottish Courts proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that was indeed Johnson’s motive.
The EU – do we stay or do we go? By Philip Roddis
13 September 2019 — Off Guardian
For years I’ve called myself a peg-on-nose Remainer. While many fellow Remainers strike me as naive, deluded on the nature of the EU and frequently contemptuous to boot, my bottom line is that until Left Leavers show how Brexit can be a gain in the here and now for British workers,[1] I don’t see how leaving that bankers’ club can be other than a de facto alignment with the most hideous currents in Britain today.
Brexit reveals Corbyn to be the true moderate By Jonathan Cook
12 September 2019 — Jonathan Cook
If there is an upside to Brexit, it is this: it has made it increasingly hard to present Jeremy Corbyn, contrary to everything the corporate media has been telling us for the past four years, as anything but a political moderate. In truth, he is one of the few moderates left in British – or maybe that should be English – politics right now. The fact that still isn’t obvious to many in Britain is a sign of their – not his – extremism.
Brexit, The EU and Democracy By Thierry Meyssan
11 September 2019 — Voltaire Network
During the dissolution of the USSR, France and Germany tried to maintain their place in the world by solving the problem of their size against the US giant. They decided to reunify the two Germanys and to merge together in a supranational state: the European Union. Armed with their experiences of inter-state cooperation, they thought it possible to build this supranational state despite Secretary of State James Baker’s dictate of forced enlargement to the East.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson prorogues Parliament By Robert Stevens
10 September 2019 — WSWS
Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson prorogued Parliament Monday evening after opposition MPs voted to oppose, for a second time, his attempt to force a general election before the current Brexit deadline of October 31.
